Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

stick up

verb

Forms sticks up sticking up stuck up

verb (transitive, idiomatic) To rob at gunpoint. “I think they intend to stick up the bank.”
verb (intransitive, idiomatic) To be prominent; to point upwards. “No matter how much I brush it, my hair always sticks up.”
verb (intransitive, with for) To speak or act in defence (of). “Don't let them push you around, stick up for yourself.”
verb (intransitive, with to) To defy, to confront, to stand up to.
verb (intransitive, with to) To maintain a commitment (as, to a proposition or role)
verb (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, up. To put or post up by sticking. “Stick up the postcard with a bit of tape.”

Synonyms

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “stick up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details